Omari Hardwick as "Ghost" St. Patrick and Naturi Naughtonas his wife, Tasha

Omari Hardwick’s “Ghost” St. Patrick, a New York drug kingpin who’d like to turn legit, has become one of the most compelling characters on television, and his business partner, Tommy (Joseph Sikora), remains a perfect match.

Throw a couple of great women into Ghost’s life — his wife, Tasha (Naturi Naughton), and his recently resurfaced lifelong flame Angela (Lela Loren) — and you have drama that’s hard not to keep watching.

Ghost isn’t the first A-list criminal who thinks about trying to get out of the game once he has a family and something to lose. “The Godfather” comes to mind.

But this story feels fresh, and no show has given its tortured antihero a sidekick as rich as Tommy.

Tommy is the white guy in this world. He and Ghost are blood-tight. But at the end of the day, he’s still the white guy. Also, Ghost is the brains. Tommy is sometimes very smart and sometimes just a hood.

Season two naturally introduces a truckload of complications. The fate of their nightclub, Truth, which launders drug money and also serves Ghost’s obsession of fulfilling his father’s dream, may lie in the hands of the oily entrepreneur Simon (Victor Garber).

Equally critical, something has to pop with the Ghost-and-Angela thing. Blinded by love, she doesn’t know he’s the target of the investigation her office is conducting — and he doesn’t know that’s what she’s investigating.